Show ALL RECORDS FOR SPLENDOR AT WEDDINGS SHATTERED Palatial Fairyland Cost Cost- Costing Costing Costing ing Built for Mellon l Ceremony THOUSAND PRESENT Rich Rugs Tapestries and an Artificial Moon l Moonlight light Provided i I PITTSBURG PITSBURG Nov 17 By By The Thc I Press In Press In a setting be believed be- be believed to excel in splendor any nuptial nuptial nuptial celebration ever held In America ard perhaps rivaling the weddings of kings and queens of old Miss Sarah Cordelia Mellon became the bride of Alan Magee Scaife A pavilion which cost and which was magnificently magnificently decorated housed more mor than 1000 guests at the brides bride's reception and wedding supper and ball follow follow- following ing In the wedding Miss Mellon a daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard B B. B Mellon and niece of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. W Mellon and Mr Scaife son EOn of Mr and Mrs James V. V SCaife of of ofa a wealthy Pittsburg family were mar mar- married married ried ned late yesterday esterday at the East Lib Lib- Liberty Liberty erty Presbyterian church REAL FAIRYLAND ND The huge pavilion pa where the post post- postnuptial postnuptial postnuptial nuptial celebration was held was erected on the estate of the brides bride's father ather father This pavilion was a veritable fair fairyland land In its luxurious fittings fittings fittings-a a a palace in its design At noon noon noon-an an artificial moon mood cast cast a t colt rays ras down upon gardens tropical In n their arrangement and beamed Into high arched windows of a great hall ball halland halland balland and vestibule constructed In the cen- cen center center ter cr of the pavilion In the vestibule the bride received the guests prominent prominent promInent nent in society In and other eastern castern cities clUes The guests g might look from rom the windows window's as upon a 3 calm summer night nl ht although In reality out out- outside outside outside side Use the pavilion Itself rain was blown about In gusts of wind ARTIFICIAL L CLOUDS The The- moonlight effect was provided by y great lens hung from Irom ram the lofty cell Ing Ing- ng of the pavilion and myriad elec- elec ti-ic ti bulbs were so arranged that clouds Ud appeared appeared to drift across tIe the sky SLY from time to time Within the vestibule rich tapestries and rugs rues hung from the walls and and carpeted the floor An arch opened Irons from the vestibule upon the hall ball the floor loor of which was 50 by feet In Ints Its ts dimensions waxed for dancing following the wedding supper The ceiling of of the hall ball was a 0 lofty dome supported by b cuned curved pillars of gold each pillar bearing a great light The rhe wedding ceremony at the church contrasted In its simplicity with the splendor of the reception Re Sev Dr Jr r. r Stuart Nye Nyc Hutchison per per- performed p performed r- r formed the ceremony |